Microvascular free flap failures – looking beyond surgical technique
30 April 2020
| Bhav Patel
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ENTA - Head & Neck
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Head and neck reconstruction, free flap, free flap failure, outcomes
Microvascular free flaps are commonly used in reconstruction for head and neck defects. Failures of these flaps, however, are associated with a significant morbidity and mortality. Flap failures within the first 72 hours are commonly attributed to technical failure of...
Risk factors in free flap failure
This is a retrospective analysis from China of 881 free flaps over nearly four years, 49 of which were ‘taken back’, 26 of which were lost, giving a 97% success rate. The commonest cause of flap failure was venous thrombosis....
